WO2010039829A2 - Composition de faible toxicité pour favoriser la croissance végétale - Google Patents

Composition de faible toxicité pour favoriser la croissance végétale Download PDF

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WO2010039829A2
WO2010039829A2 PCT/US2009/059024 US2009059024W WO2010039829A2 WO 2010039829 A2 WO2010039829 A2 WO 2010039829A2 US 2009059024 W US2009059024 W US 2009059024W WO 2010039829 A2 WO2010039829 A2 WO 2010039829A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
    • A01N59/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing elements or inorganic compounds
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  • the present invention in general relates to a low toxicity composition operative as a fungicide and insecticide for the treatment of agricultural and horticultural plantings and in particular to a composition lacking a synthetic halogenated or heterocyclic active compound.
  • Elemental sulfur while having antifungal properties has limited activity against insects while having unattractive delivery properties as a powder or slurry that make it difficult to adhere to nonhorizontal vegetation surfaces.
  • vegetable oil has been added to spray formulations and through mechanical mixing forms an emulsion with adhesion advantages to plant surfaces while also imparting a lipophilic character to the composition that is able to wet the waxy cuticle associated with a leaf surface.
  • U.S. Patent Application Publication 2005/0129662 is exemplary thereof.
  • a composition for promoting plant growth includes sulfur, soybean oil, and an emulsifier of a fatty acid and a saponifying aqueous base together forming an emulsion, or a soap or a detergent acting as an emulsifier. Regardless of the form of the emulsifier, a composition as applied to vegetation which has a basic pH of between 7.5 and 11 appears to improve efficacy.
  • Specific aqueous compositions as applied for promoting plant growth include 0.05 to 2 total weight percent sulfur, 0.05 to 2 total weight percent soybean oil, 0.05 to 2 total weight percent fatty acid and an aqueous base present to provide a basic pH of between 7.5 and 11.
  • a concentrate for the composition which upon dilution with water is well suited for spraying and promotion of plant growth is provided.
  • Another specific composition for promoting plant growth consists of 0.05 to 2 total weight percent sulfur, 0.05 to 2 total weight percent soybean oil, an aqueous base present to yield an as applied pH of 7.5 to 11, and optionally at least one of a biostatic, an oxidizer, a soap, a detergent, a natural oil, or combination thereof.
  • Fig. 1 is a photograph of an orange tree prior to application of an inventive composition
  • Fig. 2 is a photograph of the same tree 120 days later showing clearance of signs of infestation by aphids, psyllid bugs, and tristeza.
  • a composition for promoting plant growth by operating as an antifungal and insecticide.
  • the composition contains sulfur, a soybean oil, a fatty acid and an aqueous base that upon mixing with the aforementioned components forms an emulsion.
  • the fatty acid and base are appreciated to saponify and be replaced with a pH adjusted soap or detergent.
  • a natural oil distinct from soybean oil is also optionally added.
  • a biostatic is provided to promote storage stability of a composition or concentrate thereof and maintain the pH of the composition between 7.5 and 11 and preferably between 8 and 9. The resulting composition upon dilution with water is well suited for spray application to foliage as a treatment, or a prophylactic for fungal and insect infestations.
  • inventive composition does not require synthetic heterocyclic compounds or synthetic halogenated organic compounds as active agents to treat fungal or insect infestations, the inventive composition eliminates many of the negative environmental impacts associated with crop spraying including water and soil contamination, runoff, and incidental lethality to beneficial soil microbes or insects.
  • An inventive composition has proven highly effective for spring application to citrus trees for prevention and cure of a variety of infestations including citrus canker, citrus greening, tristeza, molds, rust, mildew, moss, leaf spots, aphids, thirps, and mites. Soybean plants suffering fungal infection have also responded favorably to application of an inventive composition and are exemplary of the crops so treated.
  • An inventive composition is preferably provided as a concentrate to facilitate transport and storage with a quantity of water diluent being added prior to spray application.
  • An inventive composition concentrate includes sulfur, soybean oil, a fatty acid, and an aqueous base that together form an emulsion.
  • a composition concentrate has a composition as detailed in Table 1:
  • Table 1 Inventive com osition concentrate as a water based emulsion
  • An inventive composition concentrate while itself amenable to dispersion onto foliage as a fungicide or insecticide is preferably diluted with 2 to 5 parts per weight water per part by weight of composition concentrate.
  • the resultant emulsion formed with the combination of water diluent and inventive composition concentrate has a pH adjusted to between 7.5 and 11.
  • the pH is preferably between 8 and 9.
  • the fatty acid component is selected to be compatible with the other composition components and illustratively includes C 10 -C 24 acids such as oleic acid, octanoic acid, stearic acid, palmitic acid, linoleic acid, arachidonic acid and palmitoleic acid.
  • An aqueous base component of an inventive composition is selected to increase the pH of the composition and dissolve in water.
  • the aqueous base is dissolved in water and the aqueous base solution then mixed with the other composition components to form an emulsion.
  • Base compositions operative herein illustratively include sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, and ammonium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, and lithium hydroxide.
  • a base can also provide plant fertilizer or soil amendment properties.
  • a soap or a detergent is mixed in complete or partial substitution of the fatty acid.
  • the basic pH of between 7.5 and 11 as applied to a plant also benefits the treatment efficacy of the target plant. Without intending to be bound by a particular theory, waxy cuticles associated with plant leaves, insects and fungi are rendered partially porous at these pH values without causing damage as seen under more caustic pH values.
  • natural oil is added to an inventive composition concentrate.
  • the natural oil improves the emulsion properties of the resulting composition.
  • Natural oils operative herein illustratively include canola oil, corn oil, fish oil, cod liver oil, sunflower oil, peanut oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, and combinations thereof.
  • a biostatic is provided to stabilize an inventive composition or concentrate thereof and also to operate as a bacteriostatic or fungistatic.
  • Suitable biostatics illustratively include borates, boric acid, benzoate, tetracyclines, sulphonamides spectinomycin, trimethoprom, chloramphenicol, macrolides, lincosamides, lactoferrin and combinations thereof.
  • Inventive compositions inclusive of a biostatic demonstrate superior fungal control and greening of foliage.
  • an oxidizer is provided as a bacteriostatic or fungistatic.
  • a suitable oxidizer is stable at basic pH and illustratively includes hypochlorites and percarbonates, such as the sodium salts thereof.
  • Inventive compositions inclusive of an oxidizer demonstrate superior fungal control and greening of foliage.
  • an inventive composition shows superior antifungal and insecticide properties relative to sulfur when soybean oil is present. Additionally, when sulfur and soybean oil are combined with base and fatty acid, still greater efficacy is observed and believed to be the result of the composition being able to saponify a waxy cuticle associated with insects, leaf surfaces and/or fungus, thereby achieving greater action of these active agents, as well as optional biostatics and/or oxidizers.
  • a process for treating foliage suffering from an infestation of fungus or insects or to prevent such an infestation includes the application of a composition to the foliage of the plant.
  • the composition includes a diluted composition concentrate per Table 1 by a factor of between 3 and 40 and preferably between 5 and 30, and most preferably between 10 and 20. Dilution occurs in water, an aqueous polymer solution, an aqueous polymer dispersion, or aqueous emulsion.
  • a diluted composition concentrate per Table 1 by a factor of between 3 and 40 and preferably between 5 and 30, and most preferably between 10 and 20. Dilution occurs in water, an aqueous polymer solution, an aqueous polymer dispersion, or aqueous emulsion.
  • prolonged treatment of bush, tree and orchard crop woody portions of trunk, branches and bark are facilitated by dilution of an inventive composition concentrate into an aqueous polymer solution, dispersion, or emulsion that dries to provide a coating retaining an inventive composition in contact with woody portions of a plant.
  • An aqueous latex emulsion represents a preferred aqueous emulsion for the dilution of an inventive composition concentrate; such emulsions are commonly available as consumer latex bases for paints regardless of whether pigmented and typically include 30 to 70 weight percent solids of the latex emulsion.
  • Aqueous polymers suitable for forming solutions and dispersion operative as a diluent for an inventive composition concentrate include polyethylene glycols, acrylates, poly vinyl pyrrolidones, and esterified castor oil derivatives, and silanol containing organo polyxiloxanes, guar gums, and cellulosic based polymer derivatives dispersible in water. Such polymers are typically present in the diluent at from 0.1 to 5 weight percent of diluent as determined prior to inventive composition concentrate dilutions.
  • An inventive composition when applied in the spring provides an inexpensive treatment composition with a long effective period and precludes environmental toxicity associated with conventional synthetic insecticide formulations.
  • Application during other times of the annual growth cycle provides enhanced plant growth even in instances when the plant is suffering no visible infestations. The mechanism of this growth enhancement effect is unknown.
  • An inventive composition is also well suited for the treatment of cultivated vegetable crops such as tomato, potato, soybeans, leaf vegetables, corn, wheat, carrots, onion, celery, melons, strawberry, squash, and legumes; berry crops such as blueberry, raspberry, and currant; ornamentals such as roses, tulips, chrysanthemums, orchids, and petunias; fruit trees such as citrus, cherry, apple, pear, fig, almond, walnut, olive, peach, and plum; vines such as grape and kiwi; and ornamental trees such as gingko, dogwood, flowering pear, redbud, birch, and willow.
  • cultivated vegetable crops such as tomato, potato, soybeans, leaf vegetables, corn, wheat, carrots, onion, celery, melons, strawberry, squash, and legumes
  • berry crops such as blueberry, raspberry, and currant
  • ornamentals such as roses, tulips, chrysanthemums, orchids, and petunias
  • fruit trees
  • An aqueous fully diluted inventive composition is prepared containing by total weight percentage potassium benzoate 0.5%, canola oil 0.5%, oleic acid 0.5%, sulfur 0.2%, soybean oil 0.2%, potassium hydroxide 0.7% with the remainder being water so as to form an emulsion with a pH of 8.5.
  • the resulting emulsion is spray applied after spring leafing to orange trees exhibiting simultaneous infestation by aphids, Asian citrus bugs, psyllid bugs, and tristeza fungal infestation.
  • the emulsion was applied as a single spraying in an amount sufficient to wet the leaves and woody portions of the trees in an amount of approximately 4 liters per tree or about 100 gallons per acre.
  • Fig. 1 The appearance of a representative tree prior to application of an inventive emulsion composition as detailed in this example is provided in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 2 depicts the same tree 120 days after application of the inventive composition according to this example.
  • Fig. 2 shows an appreciable improvement in foliage color and quantity with no observation of aphids.
  • Example 2 An aqueous fully diluted inventive composition is prepared containing by total weight percent 0.5% canola oil, 0.5% oleic acid, 0.3% sulfur, 0.2% soybean oil, 0.5% potassium hydroxide, and 0.3% sodium hypochlorite, with the remainder being water. The resulting emulsion is applied to soybean plants suffering from rust infection. After spraying to wet foliage once weekly for 3 consecutive weeks, visible signs of rust are no longer noted.
  • Example 2 The composition of Example 2 is reproduced with the exception that oleic acid is omitted and replaced with 0.1% sodium lauryl sulfate. The resulting composition achieves a comparable level of rust control on soybean plants.
  • Example 4 [0028] The composition of Example 2 is reproduced with the exception that sodium hypochlorite is replaced with a like amount of sodium borate. The resulting composition is effective in fungus and psyllid bug control on citrus trees in Florida and is accepted to also control fungus and insects in soybeans pending field data.
  • Example 5 The composition of Example 2 is reproduced with the exception that instead of water as the diluent, a tenfold concentrate is dispersed in a 60% by weight solids latex emulsion.
  • Application of the resulting latex to citrus tree trunks 8 weeks prior to blossoming season reduced occurrence and severity of aphid and thrip infection relative to control trees planted with only the diluent latex composition.
  • Tristeza also occurs in reduced frequency and severity.
  • Example 1 An inventive composition of Example 1 or a concentrate thereof is applied to the skin of a subject suffering from psoriasis or an inflammatory fungal infection.
  • the composition applied once a day onto the affected area and is noted to immediately reduce inflammation. After a period of 5 to 10 days the affected area is noted to have cleared.
  • Patent documents and publications mentioned in the specification are indicative of the levels of those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains. These documents and publications are incorporated herein by reference to the same extent as if each individual document or publication was specifically and individually incorporated herein by reference.

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La présente invention concerne une composition visant à favoriser la croissance végétale et contenant du soufre, de l'huile de soja et un émulsifiant constitué d'un acide gras et d'une base aqueuse saponifiante formant ensemble une émulsion, ou un savon ou détergent jouant le rôle d'émulsifiant. Quelle que soit la forme de l'émulsifiant, une composition telle qu'appliquée à la végétation de pH basique compris entre 7,5 et 11 semble améliorer l'efficacité. Des compositions aqueuses spécifiques telles qu'appliquées pour favoriser la croissance végétale incluent entre 0,05 et 2 % de masse totale de soufre, entre 0,05 et 2 % de masse totale d’huile de soja, entre 0,05 et 2 % de masse totale d'acide gras et une base aqueuse présente pour obtenir un pH basique compris entre 7,5 et 11. La présente invention concerne également un concentré de la composition qui, lorsqu'il est dilué par de l'eau, est bien adapté à la vaporisation et à la promotion de la croissance végétale. Une autre composition spécifique destinée à favoriser la croissance végétale est constituée d'entre 0,05 et 2 % de masse totale de soufre, d'entre 0,05 et 2 % de masse totale d’huile de soja, d'une base aqueuse présente pour obtenir un pH d'application compris entre 7,5 et 11, et éventuellement d'au moins un composant choisi parmi les suivants : agent biostatique, agent oxydant, savon, détergent, huile naturelle et leurs combinaisons.
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